Synonyms of the word vernacular


VERNACULARARGOT - CANT - COMMON - INFORMAL - JARGON - LINGO - PATOIS - SLANG - VULGAR

vernacular

  • n. The language of a people or a national language.
  • n. Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary, liturgical, or scientific…
  • n. Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
  • n. (Roman Catholicism) The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated.
  • adj. Of or pertaining to everyday language.
  • adj. Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.
  • adj. (architecture) Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
  • adj. (art) Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

argot

  • n. A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
  • n. The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field,…

cant

  • n. (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
  • n. (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
  • n. Shelta.
  • n. (uncountable, pejorative) Empty, hypocritical talk.
  • n. (uncountable) Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
  • n. (countable, heraldry) A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some…
  • n. (obsolete) A call for bidders at a public fair; an auction.
  • v. (intransitive) To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
  • v. (intransitive) To speak in set phrases.
  • v. (intransitive) To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
  • v. (intransitive, heraldry) Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
  • v. (obsolete) To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.
  • n. (obsolete) Side, edge, corner, niche.
  • n. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
  • n. A corner (of a building).
  • n. An outer or external angle.
  • n. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
  • n. A movement or throw that overturns something.
  • n. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias…
  • n. (coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
  • n. A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
  • n. (nautical) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
  • v. (transitive) To set (something) at an angle.
  • v. (transitive) To give a sudden turn or new direction to.
  • v. (transitive) To bevel an edge or corner.
  • v. (transitive) To overturn so that the contents are emptied.
  • v. (transitive) To divide or parcel out.
  • adj. (Britain, dialect) lively, lusty.

common

  • adj. Mutual; shared by more than one.
  • adj. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
  • adj. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
  • adj. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
  • adj. (grammar) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence…
  • adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to common nouns as opposed to proper nouns.
  • adj. Vernacular, referring to the name of a kind of plant or animal, i.e., common name vs. scientific name.
  • adj. (obsolete) Profane; polluted.
  • adj. (obsolete) Given to lewd habits; prostitute.
  • n. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
  • n. A tract of land in common ownership; common land.
  • n. The people; the community.
  • n. (law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other…
  • v. (obsolete) To communicate (something).
  • v. (obsolete) To converse, talk.
  • v. (obsolete) To have sex.
  • v. (obsolete) To participate.
  • v. (obsolete) To have a joint right with others in common ground.
  • v. (obsolete) To board together; to eat at a table in common.

informal

  • adj. Not formal or ceremonious.
  • adj. Not in accord with the usual regulations.
  • adj. Suited for everyday use.
  • adj. (of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage.
  • adj. (horticulture) Not organized; not structured or planned.

jargon

  • n. (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
  • n. (countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
  • n. (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
  • v. To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
  • n. A variety of zircon.

lingo

  • n. Language, especially language peculiar to a particular group or region; jargon or a dialect.

patois

  • n. A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
  • n. Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.
  • n. Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
  • n. Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican Creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also…
  • n. Jargon or cant.

slang

  • n. Language outside of conventional usage.
  • n. Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.
  • n. The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those…
  • v. (transitive, dated) To vocally abuse, or shout at.
  • v. (archaic) simple past tense of sling.
  • n. (Britain, dialect) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.
  • n. (Britain, obsolete) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.

vulgar

  • adj. Debased, uncouth, distasteful, obscene.
  • adj. (classical sense) Having to do with ordinary, common people.
  • n. (classicism) A common, ordinary person.

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